ML092720185

Notification of Licensed Operator Initial Examination 05000335-09-302 and 05000389-09-302

ML092720185
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	09/29/2009
From:	Widmann M NRC/RGN-II/DRS/OLB
To:	Nazar M Florida Power & Light Co
References
50-335/09-302, 50-389/09-302
Download: ML092720185 (6)

See also: IR 05000335/2009302

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION II

SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER

61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85

ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931

September 29, 2009

Mr. Mano Nazar

Senior Vice President and

Chief Nuclear Officer

Florida Power & Light Company

P.O. Box 14000

Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

SUBJECT: ST. LUCIE PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL

EXAMINATION 05000335/2009302 and 05000389/2009302

Dear Mr. Nazar:

In a telephone conversation on September 23, 2009, between Mr. Mark R. Verbeck, Initial

License Training Supervisor and Mr. Richard S. Baldwin, Chief Examiner, arrangements were

made for the administration of licensing examinations at St. Lucie Nuclear Plant. The written

examination is scheduled to be administered the week of December 14, 2009. The operating

test is scheduled to be administered during the weeks of January 4, 2010, and January 11,

2010. The on-site preparatory week is scheduled for the week of December 14, 2009.

As agreed during the telephone conversation, your staff will prepare operating test based on the

guidelines in Revision 9, Supplement 1, of NUREG-1021, "Operator Licensing Examination

Standards for Power Reactors." The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regional

office will discuss with your staff any changes that might be necessary before the examinations

are administered. Your staff has also agreed to make copies of all examination materials that

are necessary for administering the examination.

To meet the above schedule, it will be necessary for your staff to furnish the operating test

outline by October 26, 2009. Mr. Baldwin provided a written examination outline to your staff on

April 6, 2009. The operating test and the supporting reference materials identified in

Attachment 3 to ES-201 will be due by November 20, 2009. Pursuant to Title 10, Section

55.40(b)(3), of the Code of Federal Regulations (10CFR55.40(b)(3)), an authorized

representative of the facility licensee shall approve the outline, examination, and test before

they are submitted to the NRC for review and approval. All materials shall be complete and

ready-to-use.

We request that any personal, proprietary, sensitive unclassified, or safeguards information in

your response be contained in a separate enclosure and appropriately marked. Any delay in

receiving the required examination and reference materials, or the submittal of inadequate or

incomplete materials, may cause the examinations to be rescheduled.

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In order to conduct the requested written examinations and operating tests, it will be necessary

for your staff to provide adequate space and accommodations in accordance with ES-402, and

to make the simulation facility available on the dates noted above. In accordance with ES-302,

your staff should retain the original simulator performance data (e.g., system pressures,

temperatures, and levels) generated during the dynamic operating tests until the examination

results are final.

Appendix E of NUREG-1021 contains a number of NRC policies and guidelines that will be in

effect while the written examinations and operating tests are being administered.

To permit timely NRC review and evaluation, your staff should submit preliminary reactor

operator and senior reactor operator license applications (Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) approval number 3150-0090), medical certifications (OMB approval number 3150-0024),

and waiver requests (if any)(OMB approval number 3150-0090) at least 30 days before the first

examination date. If the applications are not received at least 30 days before the examination

date, a postponement may be necessary. Signed applications certifying that all training has

been completed should be submitted at least 14 days before the first examination date.

This letter contains information collections that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These information collections were approved by OMB, under

approval number 3150-0018, which was extended past the expiration date of June 30, 2009.

The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br />

per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data

needed, writing the examinations, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

Send comments on any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for

reducing the burden, to the Information and Records Management Branch (T-6 F33), U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail at

infocollectsresource@nrc.gov; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection

of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its

enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document

Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRCs document

system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-

rm.adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

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Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Mr. Verbeck has been advised of the policies and

guidelines referenced in this letter. If you have any questions regarding the NRC's examination

procedures and guidelines, please contact Mr. Richard Baldwin at (404) 562-4642, E-mail:

Richard.Baldwin@nrc.gov), or me at (404) 562-4550, (Internet E-mail:

Malcolm.Widmann@nrc.gov).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Malcolm T. Widmann, Chief

Operations Branch

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-335, 50-389

License Nos.: DPR-67, NPF-16

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DATE 09/29/2009 09/29/2009

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Gordon L. Johnston Senior Attorney

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William A. Passetti

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Letter to Mano Nazar from Malcolm T. Widmann dated September 29, 2009

SUBJECT: ST. LUCIE PLANT - NOTIFICATION OF LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL

EXAMINATION 05000335/2009302 and 05000389/2009302

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